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Model t assembly line
Henry Ford had set up an assembly line that ran from one end of the building to another. The line moved itself like a conveyor belt, and as the line moved new parts were added to the frame while the workers remained in one place. All of the workers on the assembly had their own job and this was called the division of labour. Ford used standard parts for his cars which meant that wheels, engines, and bodies were the exact same for each car. The result of this was the famous practical Model T -
Spanish flue
When soldiers returned home from war the country had been struck with the Spanish flue, soldiers carried the flu with them overseas, and spread to countries around the world. people effected by the virus weakened and often got pneumonia. To stop the spread of the disease schools , churches and theatres closed their doors. public health departments and clinics across the country were flooded with sick and dying people. Around 50,000 Canadians had died from this epidemic -
Prohibition
Women's groups campaigned for a ban on liquor, it was pointed out that grain should be used to feed soldiers and civilians, rather than to make alcohol. During the war every provincial government except Quebec banned the sale of liquor. in 1918 the federal government introduced prohibition, this bans the production, import, and transportation of liquor across the country. This created a new crime people started buying bootleg booze -
Winnipeg general strike
Immigrant workers has settled in Winnipeg wanting to improve working and living conditions. On May 1st the building and metal trades council in Winnipeg voted and decided to go on strike asking for decent wages,an eight hour day,and the right to bargain collectively for better working conditions.Then on May 15th 30,000 workers walked out of their jobs.Many industries had to shutdown. After receiving no strike pay eventually the strikers and families had given up and fallen back into their jobs -
Bloody Saturday
The general strike dragged on for 37 days. The day June 21st became known as Bloody Saturday. A huge crowd gathered to watch a parade protesting the arrest of the strike leaders. The mayor feared trouble and read the riot act and called in the royal north west mountain police. Soon after the crowd overturned a street car and set it on fire. The mountain police charged the crowd and shots were fired. 1 man was killed 30 were injured and hundreds were arrested that day. -
Group of seven
Durning the 1920s art and paintings were changing, impressions wanted to express their feelings through art. The group of seven was influenced by this, they also were determined to create art that felt with the Canadian experience. They took inspiration from Canadian landscapes. Their first exhibition was held in 1920 at the art gallery of Ontario. the pictures showed Canada as a land of spectacular open spaces, rivers, lakes, and forests. -
Flapper
Flappers were a generation of young women who dressed outrageously for the time. In winter they wore galoshes with buckles unfasten to create a flap. Hemlines were above the knees and silk stockings were rolled down. Their long hair was cut and displayed as a bobbed style. They flaunted an intense attitude that was bold, urban and self indulgent. -
Jazz age
Jazz moved north from New Orleans in the United States when made popular by musicians like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, both black Americans. The charlatan also became the dance of the decade it's a fast and wild pace caught the eye of the younger generation. Members of the Boston city cancel fought hard to have the dance banned but were unsuccessful. -
Golden Age of Sports
Many of the sports heroes of the decade were amateurs. They came out of nowhere and were making headlines and creating world records. Women also contributed in the golden age of sports. After the 1920s women were allowed to play in body contact sports and began competing more active in many different sports. -
Talkies
Talking films were an amazing invention introduced in Canada in 1927. They were known as Talkies. For most of the decade films were silent until now which started a whole new era for film.Talkies were a motion picture with synchronized sound or sound technology coupled to an image. -
The Persons Case
The persons case showed the inequality that women still had faced. Emily Murphy was the first women judge in the British empire and was appointed to the Alberta courtroom where a lawyer had challenged her right to judge simply because she was a women. She was supported by the supreme court of Alberta which said women had every right to judge. The next several years women groups asked the prime minster to appoint a women as senate. it was a long and hard fight but Emily Murphy won her fight. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the day the stock market crashed and was one of the most dramatic events leading to the depression. in the 20's many people played the stock market and many people who had invested in the stock market had lost everything in the crash. -
Bennet Buggy
a Bennet buggy was a term that was used during the depression to describe a car in which it had its engine, windows and often frame work taken out and was pulled by a horse. -
Five cent speech
In 1930 King made what people know as the biggest political mistake of his career. He insisted that social welfare was responsible of the provinces. He also declared he would refuse to give federal unemployment benefits to provincial governments that are opposed to the Canadian government. In the election of 1930 those words came back to hurt him. The voters refused to forget kings speech and the liberals were voted out of office because of this. -
New deal
Canada was getting increasingly angry with the government over the economy. In 1935 before an election Bennet introduced radical reforms. He wanted to establish unemployment and social insurance, set minumn wages, limit hours of work, guarantee fairness of employees and control prices so that business could not make unfair profits. The people had called this deal 'New Deal'. The idea was to use all of the governments resources to get the economy started.
